High speed electromagnetic printing head
US4136978A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 11, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/24
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high speed printing head comprises a circular array of stylii drivers for printing characters in a dot matrix format. Each driver includes a permanent magnet and bucking coil electromagnet which when energized causes a stylus to impact a printing surface. The stylus is carried on the end of an arm supported by crossed horizontal and vertical supporting flexures at its other end whereby the arm pivots about a virtual axis lying near the plane of the working air gap of the electromagnet to reduce wear of the pole piece and armature and increase impact rebound of the arm. The magnetic structure and arm structure intersect only above the pole piece reducing flux leakage and size and weight of the structure. The arm and flexure structures are non-magnetic except at said region of intersection to reduce, in conjunction with the single region of intersection of said structures, cross-talk between adjacent drivers.
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